A Militant Commits Suicide

The 72 hour truce in Gaza lasted 90 minutes.

A separate military statement said the incident took place at around 0630 GMT, 90 minutes after a 72-hour ceasefire was to have gone into effect.

What was the incident?

The UN said it was informed by Israel of “a serious incident this morning after the start of the humanitarian ceasefire at 8am (0500 GMT), involving a tunnel behind IDF (army) lines in the Rafah area.”

“Two soldiers were reportedly killed, as well as a number of Palestinians,” said a statement from the UN special coordinator for Middle East peace, Robert Serry.

“If corroborated, this would constitute a serious violation of the humanitarian ceasefire… by Gazan militant factions, which should be condemned in the strongest terms,” the statement said.

There is more to the incident.

The IDF Spokesperson’s office announced Friday that at about 9:30 am, terrorists opened fire on Israeli forces in southern Gaza, triggering a fierce exchange of fire, and preliminary information indicates that there is a concern that a soldier was kidnapped during the fighting.

An investigation is underway and at this time, the IDF maintains a high-level operational and intelligence effort to locate the soldier.

The missing soldier has been named as Second Lieutenant (Platoon Leader) Hadar Goldin, 23, from Kfar Saba. Goldin serves in the Givati Brigade.

“We are continuing our activities on the ground,” IDF Spokesman Peter Lerner stated. “Our initial indications suggest a soldier has been abducted by terrorists in an incident where terrorists breached the ceasefire.”

The soldier’s family has been notified.

Heavy fighting broke out on the outskirts of Rafah shortly after the UN and US-brokered “humanitarian ceasefire” went into effect, after a group of terrorists allegedly emerged from a tunnel and began opening heavy fire at IDF forces stationed there.

At least one report, this time from Walla! News, says that a suicide bomber detonated himself directly next to IDF forces before the fighting began, wounding several soldiers.

And that is emblematic of the whole situation. The Arabs are suicidal.